Message #20944

[Adam Grant]

Breaking Point returns from the commercial break, and immediately heads back to ringside as Maggie makes her way into the ring.

Zack: It’s main event time, and we’re about to see the Franchise in force against the new Unity Champions and Jo McFarlane. Joining me is Jo’s sister, Erica.

Erica: We’re getting the band back together, as it were! And in one match we’re getting both a preview of Relentless and a rematch from Velocity! I can’t wait for this!

Maggie: The following six woman tag team contest is scheduled for one fall, and it is your main event of the evening!

The lights in the arena go almost out, allowing yellow and blue strobes to take effect as the quietly intense opening of Rev Theory’s “Something New” starts over the speakers. On the sound of the notes, the crowd jeers and from under the stage, The Brazilian Storm, Bianca and Mel, are lifted.

Love to hate, repeating my mistakes
Now there's no one left to listen...
No one left to listen...
Take a chance, and fuck the consequence
When there's no one left to listen...
No one left to listen...

The two friends look to each other, grin and fist bump. Looking out around them, they continue to grin at the reaction they’re getting. From there, they begin their walk towards the ring.

Right now! We’re taking control!
Tired of waiting! Tired of waiting!
For something new!
Right now! We’re taking control!
Tired of waiting! Tired of waiting!
For something new!

Ignoring the outstretched arms of fans who want a high-five, the Brazilians make their way to the ring, where Mel pulls herself onto the apron using the ropes, and Bianca stops right under her, where the two rogues strike a pose, with Mel taking a soft dip of a bow, and Bianca opening her arms wide.

Maggie: Introducing first… From Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre, Brazil… MEL AVILO… BIANCA SALVADOR… THE BRAZILIAN STORM!!!

Mel then steps into the ring and Bianca rolls under the bottom rope right afterwards. The two of them then make their ways to opposite turnbuckles, both climbing on the second rope and staring at the booing crowd, diminishing the negative welcome they’re getting from the crowd their own way before they hop back to the ring and meet once again in the center of the ring, sharing another fist bump, before they retreat to their corner to strategize.

Zack: You can bet after Velocity that these two have some bad intentions in mind for the new Unity Champions. Mel & Bianca, no doubt, want to prove a point tonight.

Erica: Not that a soul here could blame them for that. In a lot of ways it looks like the Fair have Storm’s number, and that’s something they’d be understandably eager to change.

There was silence; the lights began to fade away slowly. A soft instrumental echoes out across the audience. It starts slowly, a beautiful sound that contrasts the heaviness of the world. Like feathers, it glides among the waiting audience. The lighting fixtures produce a gentle spotlight upon the stage, offset by the occasional flash here and there. As 'Just Close Your Eyes' by Waterproof Blonde continues to play, a woman’s words begin to come through. Her voice is tender, not raising upon a whisper.

"Deceived by my eyes and all I was told I should see
Opinions not mine, the person they taught me to be
One night in the dark, a vision of someone I knew
And in the darkness I saw, a voice say, I'm you."

On the stage, a feminine figure appears. Her head lowered to everything. People cannot make out who it is. As she stands there, the flashes briefly illuminate her figure. It only gives small clues on who stands at the gate. She stands in the spotlight, her shadow cast large and proudly among the stage.

"Inside me a light was turned on…"

The instrumental picks up again. An electric guitar now joins the progressively exciting instrumentals of before. The singer’s voice suddenly intensifies.

"Then I was alive!"

In the light, it is revealed that it was Savannah Taylor. She stands at the gate, a robe of obsidian and ivory hues. The hood of it shadows her eyes, but the intensity of the final EXODUS World Champion remains clear as day. She starts off down the ramp, with a serious aura radiating from her body.

Maggie: Ladies and gentlemen, making her way down to the ring....weighing in at one hundred twenty pounds.....from Las Vegas, Nevada.....Savannah Taylor !!!

"If you close your eyes your life,
A naked truth revealed
Dreams you never lived,
And scars never healed"

Savannah makes her way up the ring steps. She looks out towards the audience for a moment before entering the ring. From there, she heads for a turnbuckle. She stands there, taking in everything. She then lifts her up on top of it. She peers out in nothing, then takes off the hood with a flashy flourish. Her blonde locks fly up in the air. They descend, shaping her face as they famously do.

"In the darkness, light will take you to the other side
You'll find me waiting there you'll see, if you just close your eyes."

While she stands in her corner, she closes her eyes and takes a heavy breath. When her bright eyes open, Taylor is completely composed. There is nothing more than the heat of battle awaiting her. She takes off her robe, giving it to a stagehand. She stretches her wrists before devoting her mind to the war upon the horizon.

Zack: Lately, I’m not sure what to make of Savannah Tayler. She’s part of the Franchise, but made it clear also at Velocity that she is side by side with Samantha’s brother and her boyfriend, Seth. I’m not sure how you thread that needle.

Erica:  It’s a needle my own sister tried to thread for a long time with regards to us as her sisters and her husband. I’m still not sure how she manages it. That said, I’d certainly like to think that forcing her to pick sides isn’t a thing Samantha is interested in.

“HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?! BAD THINGS COME IN TWOS,
BUT I NEVER KNEW... ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS!”

Maggie: From Berkeley, California... At a combined weight of 240 pounds and accompanied to the ring by Christian Kincaid and Steph Stefano... They are your REIGNING... DEFENDING FFW UNITY TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS... Mickey and Raquel... THE SCARBOROUGH FAIR!!

“Every single day, things get in my way. Someone has to pay, for the little things.”

As the chords of “The Little Things” screech, the entire arena gets filled with cheers. Spotlights of yellow and pink and green flicker through the crowd and the arena darkens as the music plays. Mickey and Raquel emerge from the top of the ramp with a ladder in tow, holding it up together. Scarborough has her tag title draped around her neck and Raquel has her’s around the waist. Raquel and Mickey put down the ladder and high-five after coming down while Christian watches on with a smile. Fair and Scarborough roll into the ring before climbing opposite turnbuckles, soaking in the cheers with wily grins before handing their tag titles away to CK.

Zack: We heard earlier tonight that Steph Stefano was escorted out of the arena, otherwise she’s usually ringside for the Fair with Christian. We don’t know what’s going on there, but the new Unity Champions, I’m sure, can function fine with just Christian at ringside with them.

Erica: The Fair did just fine at Velocity without the assistance of anyone. They’re more than capable of being that team again tonight. Though it is incredibly strange that Steph was escorted out of the arena.

The arena darkens, with only strobe lights which pulse gently giving any kind of light to the arena. Lights on the ramp pulse in pink and white, while in the middle of the ring, spotlights form the Irish Tricolour, all of this while dry ice is coming up from the stage and ramp, generating a buzz from the crowd. It’s then that the dark, sweeping entrance of Ronan Hardiman’s “Warriors” comes in, and a spotlight focuses on the stage, to which…...no one came out. And the music stops from there, with the lights going back to normal.

Zack: This is new. That was certainly your sister’s music, but she didn’t come out for the match. I’m not sure what’s going on here.

Erica: ...Well that is certainly not like her. At all.

Zack: I’m being told that they are going to try it again. Maybe she was a little late getting to the curtain. Give it another shot, Maggie.

The arena darkens, with only strobe lights which pulse gently giving any kind of light to the arena. Lights on the ramp pulse in pink and white, while in the middle of the ring, spotlights form the Irish Tricolour, all of this while dry ice is coming up from the stage and ramp, generating a buzz from the crowd. It’s then that the dark, sweeping entrance of Ronan Hardiman’s “Warriors” comes in, and a spotlight focuses on the stage, to which no one came out again. The arena lights came back to normal once more.

Maggie: Introducing their partner, hailing from Edinburgh Scotland, by way of Derry, Northern Ireland, weighing one-hundred-and-twenty-seven-pounds, she is “The Living Firework” JOOOOO McFAAAAARLANE!

Zack: I’m not sure what’s going on here. Do you think that she was jumped in the back? I wouldn’t put it past the Franchise.

Erica: I don’t know. I mean...it’s possible. She’s definitely here; we came together like we usually do. So this is just...I don’t get it.

Zack: I’m now being told we are going to start this match, and we have some of our production team on the hunt backstage to find Jo.

Erica: Well they better friggin’ find her soon or she’s gonna have some kind of Hell to pay in the morning! From more than a couple of people!

Referee Melinda Davis checks all five of the women in the ring after Maggie exits to the floor. She calls for the bell as Mel & Bianca immediately take off towards the Fair, causing an impromptu tornado tag match to unfold. Mel and Raquel square off with rapid fire blows aimed at one another’s head, while Bianca and Mickey trade shots as well. As Davis tried to separate Mel and Raquel, Bianca stops Mickey’s offense with a low blow that brings her to her knees. The “Typhoon” then fires right hands into her head before bouncing off the near side with a boot to the jaw that sends Scarborough down on the canvas. Salvador kicks her out of the ring as the Storm focus on Raquel next. They fire her into the corner, with Bianca dealing a corner clothesline before moving out of the way before Mel blasts her with a running elbow smash across the mouth. Davis tries to get one of them out of the ring, meanwhile Savannah stands alone in her team’s corner.

Zack: This isn’t a tornado rules match, but I don’t think the Storm gives a damn! The referee is trying to get either Mel or Bianca out of the ring, and Savannah….well, she’s been in the corner the whole time.

Erica: Mel and Bianca acting as they have doesn’t surprise me in the slightest, for a few reasons. One being that’s who they are and the other being what happened a week past Thursday. Savannah not getting involved is unusual though, given that the team are supposedly on one page.

Davis finally starts to get Mel out of the ring, until Mickey makes it back inside the ropes. Avilo shoves past the referee, and catches Scarborough with a running knee as she’s coming through the ropes. A furious barrage of forearms beats her down to the mat before Bianca joins her. The pair pull Scarborough back to her feet, and whip her across for the ride. A pair of back elbows meets her on the rebound before the Storm start stomping Mickey, while the crowd does nothing but boo. Meanwhile, Savannah remains in the corner as she’s supposed to.

Erica: We were almost there with getting some kind of order back in this match, but Mel clearly isn’t interested in that. Seems like the only person actively interested in a proper match at all right now is Savannah.

Zack: And that’s something you don’t expect to say. Savannah Taylor is staying in the corner, but I mean at least it’s even with just the Storm and the Fair right now.

As the Storm are about to pull Mickey up, Raquel charges them both and catches Mel with a chop block to the back of her leg. It brings her down to her knees before Fair delivers a knee into the side of her head. When Bianca turns around towards her, Raquel bounces off the near side and catches her with a flying shoulder tackle that takes her down too. The duo pull Mel to her feet, and send her across with an Irish whip as well. Only they follow behind her so when she bounces back, a double dropkick from them both sends her over the top rope to the floor. The crowd gets back into it as Mickey heads for the corner, while Raquel focuses on Bianca.

Zack: The referee might have lost control early, but the Unity Champions have regained it, I’d say! Now we got two legal women in this match, and Mel can go back to her corner with Savannah, who didn’t participate in any of that.

Erica: And good for Savannah for being that woman in all this. Though I must admit this whole thing is quite disorienting early on with everything that’s happened.

Fair grabs Bianca as she’s getting to her feet, catching her with a short knee to the ribs to double her over. She fires her into the far corner, and takes off with a corner senton that drops Bianca to a seat against the turnbuckles. Raquel heads back for the far corner, waves her arm over her head, and takes off into a bronco buster as she bounces up and down on Bianca’s chest before rolling back to her feet. She dragged the former Unity Champion by the leg towards her corner, and made the tag to Mickey who immediately headed up to the top rope. Raquel grabbed her while she was up there, and threw her into a splash onto Bianca before she hooked the leg for the cover.

Erica: Raquel’s been all but on top of Bianca since we got this match sorted, and we’ve now got the first cover of the night!

ONE!!!

TW-NOPE!!

The blonde kicked out before the two struck, and Mickey got back to her feet. She pulled Bianca’s feet under both arms, and fell backwards with a catapult. Salvador’s head struck the top turnbuckle in the Fair’s corner before Mickey made a tag. Raquel stepped back in as they hoisted Bianca up onto their shoulders, and dropped backwards with a tandem electric chair before Mickey rolled out.

Zack: Bianca may be regretting that little jump attack to start this match now, and the Fair are making some quick tags in and out here.

Erica: They’re gonna have to at this point in time! Still no sign of little sister and the freshest person in the match, even right now, is on the other team! This actually helps them.

Bianca tried to head for her corner on all fours before Raquel grabbed her by the trunks, and pulled her back to her feet. A trio of kidney punches froze the blonde up before Raquel scooped her up for a back suplex to the canvas. She took off towards the ropes, using them for an Asai moonsault followed by a hook of the leg for a cover. Davis slid into position quickly.

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOO!!!

T-NOPE!!

Zack: I’ll give it to the Fair, they are taking care of business out here in what is ostensibly a handicap match at the moment.

Bianca kicked out again before Raquel got back to her feet. She looked like she was about to go tag Mickey back in until she noticed Bianca heading for her team’s corner as well. Salvador got to her feet as Raquel grabbed her foot. The “Typhoon” turned into her and hopped on one foot before connecting with an enzuigiri to the back of Raquel’s head that dropped them both to the mat.

Erica: You can call that a move of desperation from the blonde half of the former champs, that’s for sure! In any case, it might be the break Bianca needs.

Zack: The “Typhoon” needed a break, to be sure. She might be best suited to head for the corner sooner than later.

Bianca rolled over onto her stomach, and began to head towards her corner once more. Mickey pounded the turnbuckle trying to rally the crowd to get Raquel up and moving. By the time she was starting to stir though, Bianca had made it to the Franchise corner and tagged in Savannah. She stepped in, measuring as Raquel was beginning to get up. As soon as she did, Taylor bounced off the near side with a running knee lift to the face. It shot Raquel up for a half second before Savannah snatched her around the waist for a belly to belly suplex. She immediately dropped a knee into Raquel’s back, and applied a rear chinlock to bend her backwards.

Erica: Like I said, Savannah is the freshest person in this match and she’s using that to her advantage by letting rip on Raquel!

Zack: I’ve just been informed that...seriously? Jo McFarlane’s locker room is empty, and that she’s left the DCU Center here in Worcester!

Erica: ...I’m sorry, did you just say that Jo is not here? As in, she’s buggered off? WHAT THE HELL JOSEPHINE?!

Mickey resumed trying to rally the crowd as Savannah kept the hold applied on her partner. The referee asked Raquel if she wanted to quit, and got a clear no to that question. The chants for Fair were growing louder as Raquel pushed one of Savannah’s fingers into her mouth in the chinlock, and bit into it. It caused Savannah to yelp in pain, and break the hold to look at her finger. Meanwhile, Raquel struggled back to her feet. Taylor went to spin her around before Raquel began peppering her with rights and lefts. It wobbled the blonde a moment before she got pulled into a front facelock. It looked like she was going for a DDT, but Savannah drove her backwards into a neutral corner. It knocked the wind out of her, and Taylor scooped her up to sit on the top turnbuckle. She climbed up with her, and executed a superplex from the top rope. A cover followed that before Davis dropped into position.

Zack: A ring-shaking superplex off the top rope, and the “Las Vegas Siren” may be about to bring it home for the Franchise!

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEE-NOPE!!!

Mickey broke up the fall with a low dropkick to Taylor that sent her rolling off the cover before the three struck. The referee ushered her back out of the ring, and Savannah got back to her feet.

Erica: Mickey acting in the nick of time to save her partner there, not that you can blame her for that! Last thing they need right now is this!

Raquel finally made it to her feet before Savannah came in from behind, and planted her with a reverse Frankensteiner! The Unity Champion crumpled to the canvas before Savannah delivered a double stomp to her lower back before planting her foot and grabbing both arms behind her for a standing surfboard. She pulled back further on her arms to increase the pressure before she switched hands, and had Raquel’s arms making an X behind her in the hold.

Zack: That modified surfboard is doing terrible things to Raquel’s back, and she desperately needs to make a tag. I am still baffled to hear that Jo McFarlane has left the DCU Center. She was here earlier, something...something has to have gone wrong.

Erica: If something is that badly wrong, I kinda figured she might tell me about it first. That’s why there’s always two of us at shows. But yes. That surfboard. And the lack of a tag. I’m...yeah, slightly all over the place here. Sorry guys.

The referee dropped back down in front of Raquel, checking to see if she wanted to stop the match. But the Unity Champion showed that she didn’t, even though her face was etched with pain. Savannah tried to increase the pressure further, this time arching her own back to pull Raquel’s arms more. It didn’t last long though before Mickey came back in. Taylor looked towards her just as she fed her a superkick that dropped the blonde to the mat. Davis got Mickey back in her corner again as she reached over the top rope, shouting for Raquel to make the tag.

Zack: Raquel desperately needs to get to her corner! She has taken a load of punishment from the Franchise, especially Savannah! If she doesn’t make it soon, I don’t think she can last much longer!

Erica: I’m honestly surprised at this point she’s lasted as long as she has! Even the most resilient wrestlers would have admitted defeat by now.

Christian tried to get Raquel’s attention when she raised her head off the mat. He pointed towards her corner, trying to encourage her to get over to Mickey, Meanwhile, Savannah was also beginning to move towards her corner. But the Siren was much quicker to do so than Raquel. She made it shortly there, and made the tag to Mel. Raquel inched closer and closer to her corner as Mel rushed the ring, darting across and clobbering Mickey off the corner with a forearm to the mouth. Raquel reached for the tag, only to find no one was there. She then scooped Raquel up, and delivered a backbreaker across her knee before dropping down to make the cover. Davis moved immediately to count.

Zack: More damage to the back, and Mel’s gonna pick up the scraps here!

ONE!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NOPE!!!

Raquel managed to get her shoulder up in time as Mickey climbed back onto the apron, more fired up than before now as she shouted at her partner. Mel pulled Raquel to her feet, and lifted her off the mat with a bearhug.

Erica: Mel’s power advantage is coming into it now, and at the rate it’s going, Raquel’s spine is going to resemble a marshmallow by the end of this match!

Raquel’s face showed even more anguish as Mel tightened her grip, then shook her like a leaf briefly. Fair slumped over her shoulder before the referee began to raise her hand. It dropped once, then twice. When she raised it the second time though, Raquel boxed Mel’s ears. It stunned her, and Fair did it twice more before she was able to slip free of her grip. Avilo stumbled backwards and dropped to a knee before Raquel darted towards her with a bionic elbow that drops Mel to the mat. She fell into the cover from there!!

Zack: There’s the SHIMMERING WITCH!! Raquel’s gonna pull it out after all!!

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-NOPE!!!

Mel kicked out before the three came down, and Raquel started heading for her corner again with the crowd solidly supporting her to get there. Mel started to move next, though her face showed she was still fairly dazed. Fair inched closer to her corner to reach for the tag before Bianca came in, and went to nail Mickey! But Scarborough vaulted over the top rope, catching Bianca with a clothesline before unloading with furious right hands to her head!

Erica: Raquel went looking for a tag, Bianca decided she wasn’t having that and Mickey decided “well no, to hell with you!” Which...oddly seems appropriate for everything right now.

Raquel didn’t get to make the tag, and instead leaned against the bottom rope to try to pull herself together. Mickey rolled to her feet, and fired Bianca into a neutral corner. Salvador struck hard as Mickey barreled in with an avalanche splash before hooking her head to follow up with a running bulldog.

Zack: Mickey couldn’t stand by and watch this anymore, and she’s taking the fight to Bianca! Neither one of them are legal though, and you can tell Raquel’s been through it!

Erica: I mean, it’s not like we didn’t already know that Mel is far from the workhorse of the Storm and it’s great to see Raquel finally catching a break. But this is only gonna lead to potential disqualification.

Raquel started to get to her feet, and went to grab Mel as she was getting up. That was when Savannah darted across, catching Raquel by surprise her with her corkscrew neckbreaker. She immediately rolled out on the other side before Mel scooped her opponent to her feet. And then she connected with her gutwrench driver before dropping into the cover!

Zack: THE GAMBLE….AND THE MEL-BOMB!!

Erica: All for Raquel to go for it but Mel was just that bit faster there!

ONE!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Mickey tried to break it up, only to get a low blow kick from Bianca as the referee was watching the pin instead.

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

The boos rained from the Massachusetts crowd as Bianca went to help Mel to her feet. Savannah joined them before the referee raised their hands in victory.

Maggie: Here are your winners by pinfall…...SAVANNAH TAYLOR and the BRAZILIAN STORM…..THE FRANCHISE!!!

Zack: Let’s call this what it is, a handicap match! I don’t have a clue where Jo McFarlane is or what caused her to leave the arena! Be that as it may, the Franchise has knocked off the Unity Champions!

Erica: I would say it’s about time that they managed it...but given the circumstances I don’t feel okay with saying that. At all. That was...not a good match to watch.

Mel and Bianca looked over to see Mickey, and started to head towards her as though they were going to do more damage. However, Savannah rolled out of the ring and began to head up the ramp. This seemed to befuddle the Storm before they followed after her.

Erica: Savannah really doesn’t seem interested in celebrating that right now, and that’s also quite unusual. Handicap match or not, that was still a big win for The Franchise, and one that they needed.

Zack: There’s a whole lot more questions than answers here, folks! Maybe we’ll get some kind of clarity at Velocity! The Franchise reigns tonight!

Christian went to check on his team as Savannah disappeared to the back with Mel & Bianca following suit amid boos from the crowd. Breaking Point faded off the air.